University to Close at 5 p.m. Tuesday (March 3)

The University will close at 5 p.m. today (Tuesday, March 3). All evening classes
scheduled to start at, or after, 5 p.m. are canceled. Food service will be open until
8 p.m. in Connecticut Hall, and until midnight in the Adanti Student Center.

Leave of Absence/Continuous Enrollment

Continuous enrollment requires that every graduate student be enrolled in a course every
spring and fall semester from the time of acceptance by the School of Graduate Studies
until completion of all requirements for the graduate degree. Students who are not
enrolled in a course during the semester in which they are completing work for a thesis,
dissertation, practicum, internship, student teaching, or laboratory research must register
and pay for IDS 900 (1 credit): Course Continuation. This course must be taken each
spring and fall term until the work is completed.

Students who must maintain their matriculation status while completing comprehensive
exams or who wish to maintain their matriculation status while taking a leave of absence
must register and pay for IDS 901 (0 credit): Continuous Enrollment. Graduate students
who have completed all courses must remain continuing students until all degree requirements
have been met. Failure to register for an academic course, IDS 900 or IDS 901, will
result in automatic withdrawal from the program. In extenuating circumstances, a student
may petition for a waiver (available at http://www.southernct.edu/academics/graduate/currentstudents/forms.html) to the continuous enrollment policy.

The waiver form must be signed by the Graduate/Program Coordinator before sending
it to the Dean of Graduate Studies. * Additionally, the form must be delivered to
the School of Graduate Studies which is located in Engleman Hall (EN) B110. If the
waiver is approved by the Dean of Graduate Studies, a letter to that effect will be
sent to the student with a copy to the Graduate/Program Coordinator, and the approved
petition will be placed in the student’s permanent file.